2012年11月14日星期三

Chinese idioms-Lebusishu(乐不思蜀)

乐(lè)不(bù)思(sī)蜀(shǔ)

Be so happy as to forget home and duty

Story:
At the
later stage of the Three Kingdoms Period,the kingdom Wei took possession of the
kingdom Shu.Liu Chan, the young king of Shu,was forced to move to Luoyang, the
capital of Wei.One day, Wei's general Sima Zhao invited Liu Chan to a
banquet.At the banquet, he specially ordered Shu dance performance.Shu's
ministers were all stirred by the dance and felt very sad.But Liu Chan was
keenly interested in the dance,and didn't feel any regrets for his perished
kingdom.Sima Zhao asked Liu Chan on purpose,"Do you miss the kingdom of
Shu?" "I am very happy here and don't miss Shu at all." After
seeing this, Sima Zhao thought it was unbelievable that someone was so
stupid.Even Zhuge Liang were still alive,he would not be able to protect the
kingdom for Liu Chan.“ Le bu si shu ”. Forgetting one ’ s origin and roots due
to pleasure.

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